3 Ways To Use Rock In Your Landscape Design

Landscaping can play an important role in determining how attractive your yard is. Incorporating natural elements into your yard can help you create an outdoor space that is visually appealing. In addition to a lawn, flower beds, and trees, you may want to consider using rock in your landscape design.

Here are three ways that you can incorporate rock into your yard to create a more manicured and sophisticated aesthetic.

1. Create a centerpiece.

If you are looking to create a focal point in your yard, then rock could provide the perfect medium. Large boulders come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. These characteristics allow you to find a boulder that will blend seamlessly with the color palette of your home's exterior.

Placing the boulder in a prominent location within your yard ensures that you will have a natural centerpiece that will draw the eye of passersby in a positive way.

2. Create defined pathways.

If you have a large yard, creating defined spaces within your landscape can help your outdoor space make more sense. One of the easiest and most attractive ways to define certain areas within your landscape is to use rocks to create a defined pathway.

You can incorporate pea gravel to make a meandering path through your yard, or your can use stone pavers to create a natural pathway that will add definition and beauty to your outdoor space. Be sure that you are using a rock product that is smooth and easy to walk on so that your pathways will be both elegant and functional.

3. Replace your mulch groundcover with river rock.

Although you might think that natural rock is too expensive to act as a groundcover, you may be surprised to find that river rock can actually provide a number of money-saving benefits that mulch cannot.

Mulch can begin to deteriorate over time, requiring costly replacement of your mulch product each year. Mulch is also less durable than river rock, which means that your flower beds or borders will be susceptible to unsightly erosion. River rock can last for many years, making it a valuable addition as groundcover in your landscape design.

Being able to identify some simple ways that you can incorporate rock into your landscape design will allow you to utilize natural rock products to create a more elegant and functional outdoor space on your property in the future. Contact a company like Builder's Sand & Gravel Inc. to learn more.

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